Questions tagged [editing]
Questions about changing the content of files in all kinds of formats and about the tools needed for this.
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Is there a better way to redact a PDF?
I had to print a couple of PDFs recently to send to someone, but I wanted to redact (black out) a couple small bits of text.
A quick google search didn't turn up any tools for this specific purpose, ...
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What is the easiest way to rearrange pages in a PDF document?
Mac's Preview can be used to rearange pages in a PDF document by simply drag-and-dropping the pages around in the side panel. Is there any equivalent tool for Ubuntu? I have noticed, that the Document ...
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Add words to a text file using a single terminal command (no editors)
I'm new to Linux. I need to edit a .conf file from the open terminal only and not using any text editors. That is, can I add words and sentences to a config file from an open terminal?
Example: ...
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How do I edit applications panel menu in Lubuntu?
Main menu (alacarte) cannot record changes as it should. Some time it does, but randomly and rarely.
Is this a bug?
This question is not a clone of this one. In that case the Main menu would not ...
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Are there any free/open source alternatives to Adobe After Effects?
I've been a illustrator and graphic designer for a number of years and now I'm looking to go more into motion graphics and visual effects. Is there anything that is open source/free (not a demo, ...
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How to programmatically edit a file using only terminal?
I wish to write a shell script whereby I could read the file from command and edit the file without manual intervention (based on searching some text and replacing it with another).
I need not use ...
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What good software is available for editing RAW photo files?
I have a DSLR (Canon 550D) and since I'm taking my first steps in the world of RAW photography I don't know which would be a good program to use to edit these files. I've tried digiKam and GIMP but ...
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How to edit a PDF file in LibreOffice Draw or LibreOffice Writer without corrupting it?
I have a PDF file which I want to edit in LibreOffice Draw/Writer without corrupting it. Is there any way I can do it?
I have already installed the LibreOffice pdfimport plugin, yet the PDF file is ...
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How to edit GRUB file at /etc/default/
I was trying to edit GRUB file at /etc/default/ for fixing the brightness issue.
But I am unable to do that as there is no option to save GRUB file after edit. This may be due to some permission ...
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Cannot change Intel turbo boost (/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo/ not accessible)
Trying to follow this answer under Disabling Intel Turbo Boost in ubuntu:
In order to see the driver:
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_driver
intel_pstate
intel_pstate
intel_pstate
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How to edit my /etc/sysctl.conf file? [duplicate]
In one of the labs for learning Linux system administrator I have to do :
Now change the value by modifying /etc/sysctl.conf and force the system to activate this setting file without a reboot.
Check ...
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How to edit system files with the Kate editor? [duplicate]
If I try to use sudo kate to edit a system file, I get the message:
Executing Kate as root is not possible.
So how can I edit a system file?
I put up this question so that I could answer it myself. ...
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Editor with live preview for AsciiDoc
I'm looking for something like ReText, but for AsciiDoc.
The closest I have found is this relatively complex solution (or here) involving Ruby, guard, guard-shell, rb-inotify, asciidoctor, Epiphany (...
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How to edit files in GUI text editors as root?
This time and another I need to edit some files that are supposed to be edited by root only.
I would very much prefer to do it in a GUI text editor rather than using command line tools like nano or vi....
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How to make your own font?
I've always wanted to make my own font, is there a font creating application which will have the following features?:
Ability to draw fonts with different tools (similar collection of tools to GIMP, ...
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Editing files on server through SSH
I'm working on a web application and all of it's files are on a linux server, which I am accessing through SSH. Is there a way to edit these files in a text editor other than vim or nano through SSH, ...
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Can you recover previous versions of files?
I know that if I delete a file it won't actually be 'deleted' as such, just marked as 'can be overridden when needed' so that when that space is needed the file will just be overridden, and this means ...
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Are there any good alternatives to GarageBand available?
Are there any good Linux alternatives to Garageband?
The most important features would be:
Good audio recording, with audio filters
Good MIDI editing abilities
and a good selection of instrument ...
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How can I change the speed of a video?
I have some clips of a sunrise, sunset, traffic that each last around an hour. How can I change the speed of these videos so that the one-hour video lasts only one minute? (That is, I want to create ...
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A simple picture editing software - for adding text to image
I'm looking for a software to combine photo and text, I don't need special effects just that one function. Is there a free software that is also easy to use?
I'm using Xubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 12.04
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How to have editing capabilities in command line apps that do not provide them
There are some command line programs that take input from the user, but do not provide editing capabilities, like sh (alias dash), or nslookup and others.
There is a way to force such applications to ...
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Cannot edit system file /snap/phpstorm... even with root account in Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]
I installed a snap package in Ubuntu 18.04 package and I want to edit one of its files using root account. First I switched to root with su, but then when I opened file in nano it tells me:
[ File '/...
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What music players (or related applications) are there that would allow displaying/editing embedded lyrics of music tracks?
I use OSD Lyrics and CoverGloobus. They are good, they search and eventually download lyrics, when they can find them. The sources used by OSD Lyrics, for example, are rather limited (although I love ...
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Delete word before and after the cursor in nano editor
How can I delete the word before and the word after the current position of the cursor in nano editor? (For the sake of clarity: I mean two distinct editions under this description, like the Ctrl-...
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Hex editor for open drives
There is any good hex editors that can open a drive not just a single file? Something like Hex Workshop? I'm looking for something for my Computer Forensics class.
Thanks
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Is there a global shortcut for creating strikethrough text?
Sometimes, I want to create s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶o̶u̶t̶ strikethrough text quickly and easily. What's a quick way to do this that is usable in any program?
P.S. Someone should add 'strikethrough' as a tag ...
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Restricting on-the-fly editing of grub2 menuentries
Is there a way to disable the e' to edit commands before booting option in the GRUB2 menu?
I want all menuentries to be available to all users (so password restricting them is not an option) but ...
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How to save changes to a file opened in the terminal?
As it required root access to edit, I've opened a init.txt file using sudoedit, but I don't see how to save my changes. I also see lots of things like ^X instructions at the bottom of the terminal ...
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Ubuntu is there any frame by frame video editor software which can allow to place a picture?
I have this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8iOQ9zWP6A
Where i have to place two picture of my girl-friend, i have to replace the existing baby faces by those two pictures, which i will make a ...
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How to add 'refresh wifi networks' to my connections menu
My laptop is slow on refreshing the wifi networks on the list of available networks and I would like to edit in a button to refresh the list. Currently I know I can do this in the command line using ...
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Emacs column editing CUA mode - is it possible to select rectangular region with mouse?
Is it possible to select a column (rectangular) region with the mouse in emacs?
A simple yes or no will be helpful to me at this point.
Here are more details:
Column editing is possible in emacs. ...
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What causes the constant messages "the file was changed on disk; reload, ignore?"
The issue
While (in this case) editing a .css file in Bluefish, I am switching to the browser to reload the page and test the result. After that, I switch back to the .css file, and get the message ...
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Is there a way to edit/tweak the regional settings? [duplicate]
Is there a way to tweak the regional settings and , while preserving greek locale, I can change the decimal separator to en_US? as this is necessary for google earth to work correctly?
I don't see ...
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Combine 2 or more mov/avi files side-by-side?
I have several cameras that capture multiple viewpoints of the same location. I want to show the views side-by-side so that we can see what happened from all the angles at one time.
I'm on Ubuntu 10....
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Movie maker **simple** alternative [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Video editing software options?
Is there an alternative program in Ubuntu for Microsoft Movie Maker?
What I (..well.. my girlfriend..) need is NOT something for multi-track, ...
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How do I edit configuration files?
I'm a beginner to Ubuntu. Can anyone tell me how to edit a configuration file?
This is on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Thanks in advance.
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Unable to edit using vi
I'm trying to edit my /etc/network/interfaces file to add a line for a proxy server. I first "sudo su -" to be root, and then "vi /etc/network/interfaces". But once I'm in there, I'm unable to edit. ...
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How can I export an .xoj file to pdf so that the whole file is exported, not just my edits?
I opened a pdf file in xournal and edited it using a stylus. After saving as a xournal file,with .xoj extension, I selected export as .pdf from the file menu.
When I went to open the new file in pdf ...
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I cant splot with , pm3d map, my data file? Gnuplot
I have a data file, (.tab with 11 columns and ~30000 lines ) and when I go on gnuplot, I write :
set pm3d map
splot "merged.tab" u x:y:z
and says:
Warning: Single isoline (scan) is not enough ...
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Trying to change the color scheme through the css file, but no permission
I have been trying to switch out the orange color scheme in Ubuntu 11.10 through the css files. I know where the files are and what I need to change in them, but every time i try to save it it says ...
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Where & how to edit very large video files?
Question: Does anyone know of a good workflow for editing large video files via Avidemux, Blender, Openshot, Kdenlive and/or similar programs?
Backstory:
I shot a 2hr debate on my Canon 550d which ...
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How to automount all external devices with read & write privileges? (Cannot edit tags of files from external drive)
I do not have enough understanding of this issue for the moment but please bear with me and I'll edit/improve the question to make it of more general scope as soon as I get proper help and I better ...
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Where is the OS name stored, and how can I edit it?
As question says, I am looking for file that holds system name (note: not hostname)
and by that I mean, where it comes from "Ubuntu" "Ubuntu 13.10" and so on...
Is there any way to change it? For ...
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How to crop all the pages of a PDF
I saw this Command line tool to crop PDF files. Being ignorant couldn't understand it.
How can I crop all the pages with same dimension(except last and front)? This is precisely the book. Also how to ...
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looking for direction for easy, affordable movie editing software with a filter to make movie look old (8 mm)
I need some direction. I've had some experience with MS movie maker. I'm looking for stepping it up with some real software, especially something that has a filter that will take my iPhone videos ...
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How to edit the /etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf file
I am trying configure libvirtd for Xen default operation.
I need to edit this file:
/etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf
I am new in ubuntu.
Thank u
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Working on files in the cloud
Files I wrote on my desktop using 12.04 with Libreoffice and saved in Word format are in my Ubuntu One folder. I thought I could edit them away from home, as I do on Sky Drive. But when I opened one ...
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Question on GNOME Shell theme editing
I know nothing about CSS, but with a little help, I managed to make the activites button in Shell to display the ubuntu icon. It's great, works good with most all themes.
Except for one part. ...
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Sensible/correct way to edit the files provided by base-files package?
I understand the package base-files provides the Debian base system miscellaneous files such as /etc/issue, /etc/lsb-release (in the specific case of Ubuntu) or /etc/os-release.
I'd like to know ...
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I find a advanced video editor for Ubuntu
I need a video editor which has the next functions:
move the video (like move tool on gimp)
resize the video (like scale tool on gimp)
rotate the video (like rotate tool on gimp)
and color ...
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